Hall Road is a stop on the Merseyrail Northern Line between Hightown and Blundellsands & Crosby.
Merseyrail 507 011 arrives with a Liverpool bound service
Information
Type:
National Rail (Merseyrail Northern Line)
Station code:
HLR
Opened:
1874
Platforms:
2
Hall Road owes its existence to a timber merchant called Joseph Gardner. He lived nearby in an isolated house and wanted a station built for his use. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, who owned the line, said they would not open a station for just the one house but would if five more houses were built nearby. Gardner had the houses built himself! [1] The station was opened in 1874.
Now part of the Merseyrail network, the station sees Merseyrail's distinctive yellow trains usually every fifteen minutes between Southport and Liverpool (and beyond). Access between the platforms is via the footbridge or via the road/level crossing at the entrance of the station. The station is manned and has a ticket office. Station buildings are a mixture of brick and bus shelter.
Station sign
507 003 arrives with a Liverpool bound service
General view of the platform, plenty of Merseyrail yellow on show!
Main station building
Level crossing
[1] Jonathan Cadwaller & Martin Jenkins, Merseyside Electrics (Ian Allan, 2010) p. 22
